And it turns out that, over the 2016/17 season, the Hornets' attendance figures were 3,112 higher than those in the ground on average. Going on tickets sold, Watford's average attendance was 20,572 whereas, when judged on people going through the turnstiles, it was 17,460.

Last season, the 3-1 win over Manchester United was the highest reported attendance of 21,118 but there were only 18,975 in the ground.

The actual highest attendance was for the 1-1 draw with West Ham when 19,307 were in Vicarage Road.

The meeting with the Hammers also saw the smallest discrepancy between actual attendance and tickets sold of 1,395. The largest gap was the 1-0 home defeat to Stoke which was reported as 20,056 but 4,407 less were in the ground.